The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday ruled Aruba and Curaçao must extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. The Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, St.
Maarten and of Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba in 2022 ruled in favor of marriage equality in two cases that Fundacion Orguyo Aruba and Human Rights Caribbean in Curaçao filed.
The governments of the two islands appealed the ruling. The Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, St. Maarten and of Bonaire, St.
Eustatius, and Saba has jurisdiction over Aruba, Curaçao, and St. Maarten —three constituent countries within the Netherlands — and Bonaire, St.